The week starts with all eyes on the Federation with the audios of Rubiales and Piqué that he has revealed The confidential. They break down how it was carried out so that the Spanish Super Cup was held in Saudi Arabia with the intermediation of Kosmos, the company of the current Barcelona captain. sources ofand the RFEF show calm and point out that it is a campaign of harassment and discredit. In addition, from the City of Soccer It was reported last Thursday that they had been hacked and information and private conversations had been stolen.
El Confidencial today reveals the content of various messages between Piqué, a Barcelona player and owner of the Kosmos company, and Luis Rubiales, president of the RFEF. In these conversations the departure of the Super Cup to Arabia is gestated. “Let’s see, Rubi, if it’s a matter of money, if they would go for 8, hell, man, you pay eight to Madrid and eight to Barça… the others are paid 2 and 1… they are 19, and you You keep the Federation six kilos, man. Before you keep nothing, you keep six kilos. And we put pressure on Saudi Arabia and maybe we’ll get him out… we tell him that, if not, Madrid won’t go… and we’ll get one more stick or two more sticks…”, says Piqué in one of the conversations.
In Las Rozas they point out that there is tranquility since the entire operation was presented, explained and supported by the Assembly of Spanish football. The agreement was approved and extended by the Federation’s highest body. And sources consulted by this newspaper defend the agreement: “It is an operation of 240 million for Spanish football with a 10% commission for the agency that proposes the business and that Saudi Arabia also pays.” And they add: “The information does not add anything new to what was published in 2019.”
In addition, they point out that the leaking of these messages is due to a campaign to attack the current board: “It is part of the campaign of harassment and smear that we are already used to.”
Tebas’s reaction: “It’s strong, I prefer that they explain themselves”
Javier Tebas has already commented on the information published by El Confidencial. In this case, the president of LaLiga has been cautious: “I haven’t heard the audio yet. It is an issue on which until those involved give their opinion, I am not going to say anything. The Super Cup is a tournament organized by the Federation. I don’t know if the agreements being talked about there are true, if it’s true, as I’ve seen in a headline, that most of it was shared between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid and the others gave them crumbs… They will be the ones who should tell if it is true or not. The veracity of the audios must be determined by them.
On the distribution of the money, he added: “I haven’t read everything there and I don’t know. Yes, it is true that Valencia was very complaining about the distribution and it may be coincident with the headlines that I have seen. I do not agree with what clubs that are not Barcelona and Real Madrid charge. It already seemed that the distribution was like that because Valencia had a major complaint about it. The distribution of the Super Cup money was never transparent and it was not well explained. I know that there were some imbalances in which, except for Barcelona and Madrid, the clubs did not agree“.
However, LaLiga also maintains commercial relations with Kosmos: “He has participated in the agreement that we have with the fund that manages Port Aventura. It is an agreement at the commercial level. There is a sports café bar, it is a path of a technological application and a path of a LaLiga amusement park there. It is not a issue of organization of tournaments or anything. The link between LaLiga and Kosmos is business but you can not play League or Cup games there “.
Tebas, who encouraged LaLiga to play an annual match in Miami, does not reject the Super Cup being played in Saudi Arabia: “That the Super Cup went to Arabia, I said that seems correct to me. We wanted to take a League match to the United States and they did not let us. Perhaps the ideal was another country. I do not have my opposition to take the tournament out of Spain. Rather I am okay”.